Angus Donald

{{short description|British writer of historical fiction|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_date = 1965

| birth_place = China

| occupation = Novelist

| language = English

| nationality = British

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| education = Master of Arts in Social Anthropology{{cite web|url=http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Fiction-General-Discussion/Interview-with-Angus-Donald-author-of-Outlaw/m-p/1164926/message-uid/1164926 |title=Interview with Angus Donald author of Outlaw - Barnes & Noble Book Clubs |publisher=Bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com |date=23 September 2011 |access-date=28 October 2011 |author=Debbie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110131012/http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Fiction-General-Discussion/Interview-with-Angus-Donald-author-of-Outlaw/m-p/1164926/message-uid/1164926 |archive-date=10 November 2011 }}

| alma_mater = Marlborough College
University of Edinburgh

| genre = historical fiction

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| notableworks = Outlaw Chronicles series

‘Fire Born’ series

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Angus Donald (born 1965 in China{{cite web|url=http://www.angus-donald.com/about/ |title=About Angus Donald « Angus Donald |publisher=Angus-donald.com |access-date=28 October 2011}}) is a British writer of historical fiction. As of 2020, he has released ten novels and three novellas that loosely follow the story of Alan-a-Dale.

Biography

Donald's parents being British diplomats, much of his childhood was spent in various places around the world, including Greece, Hong Kong, Zaire and Indonesia. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Donald worked as a fruit-picker in Greece, a waiter in New York and as an "anthropologist studying magic and witchcraft" in Indonesia. He subsequently worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, New Delhi, Pakistan, Islamabad and Afghanistan before attempting to write his first novel.{{cite web|url=http://blog.paperbackswap.com/author-interview-with-angus-donald/2011/05/ |title=Author Interview with Angus Donald « PaperBack Swap Blog |publisher=Blog.paperbackswap.com |date=2 May 2011 |access-date=28 October 2011 |author=Jerelyn}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/freed-aid-workers-taught-christianity-to-muslims-617225.html |title=Freed aid workers taught Christianity to Muslims - Asia, World |work=The Independent|date=17 November 2001 |access-date=28 October 2011 |first=Angus|last=Donald}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|last=Roberts |first=Martin |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/us-books-robinhood-idINTRE66D20A20100714 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124203825/http://in.reuters.com/article/us-books-robinhood-idINTRE66D20A20100714 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2016 |title=Novelist reinvents Robin Hood as medieval gangster|work=Reuters |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=28 October 2011}}